Posted on 01/07/2021 11:28:37 AM PST by USA Conservative
Observers of the chaotic scene at the US Capitol on Wednesday are asking questions about law enforcement management of the protest, after video emerged revealing that police had moved at least one fence barrier containing the protestors.
“The breach today at the US Capitol raises grave security concerns,” Rep. Zoe Lofgren of California said in a statement.
“I intend to have the Committee on House Administration work with the bipartisan House and Senate leadership to address these concerns and review the response in the coming days,” she said.
In one video, police are seen stepping out of the way when a barricade is moved outside the US Capitol building and a crowd of supporters of President Trump flow through.
The clip, posted on Twitter, shows a handful of Capitol Police officers possibly even moving the metal barricade themselves.
One man was seen inside the barricade then urges the crowd, carrying Trump and US flags, forward, the video shows.
Video below:
(video uploaded on the site)
It’s unclear if the barriers that were moved by police cordoned off a restricted area of the Capitol grounds themselves, which was intended to be inaccessible to protestors.
Four people died as protestor occupied the U.S. Capitol.
Washington, D.C., Police Chief Robert Contee said the dead on Wednesday included a woman who was shot by the U.S. Capitol Police, as well as three others who died in “medical emergencies.”
Police said both law enforcement and supporters of President Donald Trump deployed chemical irritants during the hours-long occupation of the Capitol building before it was cleared Wednesday evening by law enforcement.
The woman was shot earlier Wednesday as thousands tried to break through a barricaded door in the Capitol where police were armed on the other side. She was hospitalized with a gunshot wound and later died.
D.C. police officials also say two pipe bombs were recovered, one outside the Democratic National Committee and one outside the Republican National Committee.
Police found a cooler from a vehicle that had a long gun and Molotov cocktail on Capitol grounds.
Timothy Dimoff, a former SWAT force member who now runs a security company, said police were simply unprepared.
“They knew this group was coming, they knew it was going to be enormous but they didn’t do any preparation to control the crowd such as fencing, barricades, and cement structures to prevent traffic and people flow,” Dimoff told Bloomberg News.
The protest came as Congress was preparing to vote to certify the results of the 2020 presidential election, which Trump continues to contest.
The breach forced a halt to the proceedings and forced lawmakers to flee to safety.
it was the policy plus antifa
we all know it
ask anyone who was there
reichstag fire all over again....pathetic
Those officers need a polygraph and all of their social media and phone records examined.
>>D.C. police officials also say two pipe bombs were recovered, one outside the Democratic National Committee and one outside the Republican National Committee.
equal opportunity offender?
That Code Monkey guy is claiming it was a member of Pence’s staff that shot the woman
China soy within police ranks?
Nah, let us spend time scapegoating Trump
Social media and media are such hypocrites. They are the ones fueling the breakdown of America with this kind of trolling.
If they take Trump twitter down because it is so bad, then they should take facebook down altogether, without needing a subsidizing boycott.
Facebook is a national security threat. These corruptocrats feeding frenzy in it is a national security threat.
Scapegoating Trump or this Capitole invasion will not cut it.
Looks like a set up.
Congress arranged for the police to let the protesters in so that they could postpone the vote so that nobody would be watching in the middle of the night.
It also gave them reason to feign outrage and vote against the will of the people.
The emotional Trump supporters fell right into the trap led by Antifa.
STOP D.C. RIOTS
IDEA: CREATE VIRTUAL CONGRESS TO STOP WITH BUSINESS AS USUAL WITH TELECOMMUTING PLAN
DONATE Capitol Bldg to Smithsonian to be used only for Inauguration, State of the Union or to declare war.
Mandate agencies be combined in 2 office buildings with other unused properties sold or developed to be used: house homeless veterans, retirement or skilled care condominiums or federally subsidized housing for welfare recipients and enlarge Arlington Cemetery.
NOTE: Federal agencies own nearly half a million buildings, occupying 3.3 billion square feet. “The buildings alone represent enough space to fit 1.4 million average-sized new American homes.A 2009 government report by the Federal Real Property Council indicates that the agencies themselves don’t even know how to use that much space. Of the 429,000 federal buildings, about 11 percent were underutilized in 2009. The definition for under-utilization varies by building type, but the data indicates that 15 percent to 50 percent of the underutilized buildings’ capacity is simply not being used.
Even more egregious, about 2.4 percent of federal buildings — more than 10,000 — are designated as excess buildings, which means they have been “formally identified as having no further program use.”
FEDERAL WASTE: buildings generate real operation and maintenance costs. In 2009 alone, the cost of maintaining federal excess buildings was $134 million, and the operating cost of underutilized buildings was $1.7 billion. The additional waste associated with the unused capacity of underutilized buildings is between $250 and $830 million YEARLY!
https://www.aei.org/publication/the-governments-property-bloat/
COLLATERAL SAVINGS:
1. Little to no transportation per Representative/Senator.
2. Hold town hall meetings every Monday throughout own state.
3. Use of electronic communication for voting, committee meetings, etc. open to Sunshine Laws
4. No need for Senator & Representative duplication of housing, offices, staff
5. More environmental ‘friendly’ reducing: paper waste, reduction electricity,
6. Eliminate Congressional travel expense.
7. One-Third of Federal Government less vulnerable to Washington D.C. terrorist attack
POLITICAL BENEFITS:
1. Reduce lobbyists control over government
2. Representatives/Senators more responsive to their constituents
3. Increase accountability while reducing moral temptations for Representatives/Senators
March 22, 2013, 10:22 pm GOP lawmaker seeks ‘virtual Congress’ By Jennifer Martinez
Rep. Steve Pearce (R-N.M.) wants to create a “virtual Congress,” where lawmakers would leverage videoconferencing and other remote work technology to conduct their daily duties in Washington from their home districts. Under a resolution Pearce introduced on Thursday, lawmakers would be able to hold hearings, debate and vote on legislation virtually from their district offices.
“Thanks to modern technology, members of Congress can debate, vote, and carry out their constitutional duties without having to leave the accountability and personal contact of their congressional districts. Keeping legislators closer to the people we represent would pull back Washington’s curtain and allow constituents to see and feel, first-hand, their government at work,” Pearce told The Hill in a statement.
“Corporations and government agencies use remote work technology; it’s time that Congress does the same,” the New Mexico Republican said. He introduced the same resolution during the last congressional session. https://thehill.com/policy/technology/289947-republican-proposes-letting-lawmakers-work-from-home
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/289947-republican-proposes-letting-lawmakers-work-from-home
Rep. Steve Pearce (R-N.M.) “virtual Congress” creation.
SAVE THE NATION
SAVE THE NATIONAL BUDGET:
SAVE THE ECONOMY
SEND SENATORS & REPRESENTATIVES HOME!!!!
“bipartison” there is only one party in DC.
It does seem the deep state plan was for destruction of the Capitol.
They’re using the narrative failed insurrection anyhow despite nothing of the sort happening.
They create these narratives in advance. Disseminate through MSM and social media.
Maybe that’s why Pence called this woman a terrorist. Unreal.
I believe that you have it correct. And then even those, who were protesting the electoral votes, had to come in with a “let’s all be united against violence” attitude.
It may be. I dont know what he is basing the claim on. Maybe it is just that the persons vehicle was still in the lot and he showed a pic of it.
but the rumor is circulating
Set up to disrupt exposing proof of the steal.
These Capital Police were probably following the orders of the speaker of the house.Otherwise they would have never let those people beyond the barrier. Up to that point everything was peaceful. minutes later something occurred to trigger the violence of the one friendly Capital Police. We need to find out what that trigger was.
I smell the stench of Nancy Pelosi in this. It appears to be a trap. Let the flies walk into the spiders web and then attack. That’s the Pelosi Modus Operandi right there.
Notice how they Antifa thugs started breaking in the windows right at the time GOP members started objecting to the AZ electors.
And then afterwards many GOP members caved and didn’t object to any other states!
Pence called the murdered woman a terrorist? OMG
What it shows is them letting the buffalo horn guy, and his Antifa buddies in while Trump supporters are standing on the sideline saying WTF???
>>>Maybe that’s why Pence called this woman a terrorist. Unreal<<<
Source???
What is appalling to me is that nobody is mentioning the unarmed woman who was shot and killed. Even on the floor of the Senate many of them commented that they were relieved that nobody was hurt. Every time one of them said something like that, I was stunned.
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